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MANILA, Philippines – The University of the Philippines Diliman on Saturday contradicted a comment by the Philippine National Police (PNP) that called the Barangay UP campus a “crime hotspot” and suggested there may be a shabu lab in the area.
“No shabu or illegal drug laboratories have operated within the UP Diliman campus, according to UP Diliman’s Office of Public Safety, under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs,” UP Diliman said in a statement.
Drug-related crimes accounted for just 1 percent of campus security incidents, but none of those incidents, or three cases reported in February 2020, involved its staff, faculty, and students.
LOOK: ABOVE Diliman talks about the PNP’s recent assertion that the Barangay UP, Quezon City campus is a “crime hotspot.” | @ConsINQ pic.twitter.com/yCWoNGT9jm
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The state university said its security team recorded a 63 percent decrease in criminal incidents on campus, comparing figures for 2019 and 2020.
“Similarly, there is no basis for the claim that UP is a focus of crime. In fact, the campus under the jurisdiction of the UPD Police saw a 63 percent drop in the number of registered cases, from 247 in 2019 to just 91 in 2020, ”UP said.
UPD said it maintained “cooperative relationships” with Camp Karingal, the headquarters of the Quezon City police district, and PNP Station 9 in Quezon City “over the years.”
The UP-DND agreement assures UP Diliman as a peaceful and drug-free campus environment, the university said.
After the cancellation of the 1989 agreement between the UP and the Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that he would be willing to talk with the university if he could explain the deaths of some students in the clashes between the New People’s Army. and the army.
The military proceeded to repeal the deal, excluding the police and army on UP campuses, to continue their anti-insurgency measures, including the alleged recruitment by communist rebels in schools.
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